The criteria for the Best Website award are that the new website should demonstrate a creative implementation of a brand that is visually pleasing, unique, that captures the spirit of the brand, and is user-friendly.

In late August, Visit Montgomery launched the new website, www.VisitMontgomery.com, with updated features like a county-wide calendar of events, interactive map and a trip builder.

The website was designed and developed by Wood Street. Additional features like the itinerary and interactive map were created by the app developer CARTONOVA, and the new events calendar was developed by Time.ly.

More About Visit Montgomery

The mission of Visit Montgomery is to enthusiastically promote, market and sell Montgomery County, Maryland as a destination for meetings, conventions and individual travelers, fostering economic development and benefiting and supporting members and the overall business community. It is Visit Montgomery’s goal to show leadership and be regarded as a quality organization of experts and advocates of its members, partnering with local, county and state organizations and government officials in an effort to further these goals.

Jon-Mikel Bailey - Before co-founding Wood Street in 2002, Jon worked in sales, marketing and business development for technology and marketing firms. A popular speaker, he gives seminars on marketing, internet marketing, branding and web design to chambers of commerce, trade associations and colleges. He has a BFA in Photography from Frostburg State University and still shoots photos for Wood Street clients.

Wood Street has helped us develop both new and existing websites through our relationship. Their ability to creatively portray our ideas through their designs, while offering their valuable insight, is why we see them as a leader in the industry for web design. The Woodstreet team caters to our deadlines, without the usual hoops to jump through as is the case with most agencies. For these reasons and more, we are very appreciative of our partnership, and will continue to... Read More